Chapter 22: Mission Part 2

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*N/n POV*

I swung my keyblade at the Heartless' chest, sending it stumbling backwards in a fumbled attempt to dodge. I was one step quicker though, as I quickly stepped towards it and planted my foot in its gut. I used my new foothold to do a back flip, slicing vertically up the Heartless as I did.

This sent it tumbling backwards, rolling through the sand and dust. It collided with a barrel that was sitting by the side of the street, knocking it on top of it. The Heartless was trapped underneath the barrel, as I let out a breath and ran a hand through my hair.

"Alright," I announced, "He shouldn't be bothering us anymore."

I looked up in the sky, noting the scorching sun overhead. It's only about ten in the morning in this world, but the natural desert temperatures made it feel like I was having a heat stroke.

"These black jackets don't help much..."

*Third Person POV*

As N/n was complaining about his impending heat stroke, he failed to notice two figures moving through the shadows between houses. These figures stood far above him, each one looking down in preparation.

With a screaming cry, they lunged down and attacked the unsuspecting N/n. Revealing themselves to be of the same species as the previous one, the first of the duo sliced horizontally with him claws.

N/n reacted as quickly as possible, jumping backwards to avoid the claws. They managed to catch his coat, leaving a scratch on the right arm that was very similar to the one left on his hood.

The second one, however, was fast enough to fly behind N/n and grab around his waist with its tail. N/n found himself lifted into the air and slammed face down in the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust as he bounced back and let out a cough.

"Holy shit," N/n coughed, waving his hand to blow away the dust, "There's three of them?"

N/n used to keyblade to pick himself up, as the two Heartless helped their fallen comrade. All three turned their attention on him, as he stood there with his keyblade in hand. His eyes flashed from one to the other, as the heat began to overwhelm him and they began to fade and spin.

The first one, wanting revenge, lunged forward and back-handed N/n before he could react. N/n was sent flying backwards, but before he could land and fight back, one of the Heartless flew behind him and grabbed him by one arm. The Heartless threw him through the air back to the other two.

One of the other Heartless kicked him up into the air, jumping up and punching him. N/n went flying towards the third Heartless, who caught him and threw him into a wall, cracks running through the wall where N/n landed.

*N/n POV*

I weakly looked up, the darkness on the sides on my vision began to creep in.

The Heartless were baring down on me, come closer and closer with each second. I couldn't even find the strength to stand back up, or even lift my keyblade.

I let out a throaty cough, "Sorry Rookie... it's the end of the road now..."

All of a sudden, the three Heartless burst into dust, falling to the ground and disappearing.  My vision was getting dark, and I couldn't see my rescuer, but I had a feeling I knew who it was.

"Not bad, kid."

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